Seventh generation of video game consoles. In the history of video games, the seventh generation includes consoles released since late 2. Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony Computer Entertainment. The eighth generation began in November 2. For home consoles, the seventh generation began on November 2. Microsofts Xbox 3. Sony Computer Entertainments Play. Station 3 on November 1. Nintendos Wii on November 1. Each new console introduced a new type of breakthrough in technology. The Xbox 3. 60 offered games rendered natively at high definition video HD resolutions, the Play. Station 3 offered HD movie playback via a built in 3. Leap_Free_All_to_MP___GP_iPod_Converter.jpg' alt='Divx Ipod 1985-1986 ' title='Divx Ipod 1985-1986 ' />DBlu ray Disc player, and the Wii focused on integrating controllers with movement sensors as well as joysticks. Some of the Wii controllers could be moved about to control in game actions, which enabled players to simulate real world actions during gameplay e. Wii sports tennis game, the user swings the controller to hit the on screen image of a tennis ball. Airwolf. Airwolf is the most sophisticated helicopter imaginable flies halfway round the world, outruns jet planes. Stringfellow Hawke is its pilot, essentially. In the history of video games, the seventh generation includes consoles released since late 2005 by Nintendo, Microsoft, and Sony Computer Entertainment. Copyright 2017 SockShare, All rights reserved. Disclaimer SockShare is absolutely legal and contain only links to other sites on the Internet dailymotion. Video game consoles had become an important part of the global IT infrastructure. It is estimated that video game consoles represented 2. Joining Nintendo in the motion market, Sony Computer Entertainment released the Play. Station Move in September 2. The Play. Station Move features motion sensing gaming, similar to that of the Wii. Microsoft joined the scene in November 2. Kinect previously announced under the working title Project Natal in June 2. Unlike the other two systems Play. Station 3 and Wii, Kinect does not use controllers of any sort and makes the users the controller. Having sold 8 million units in its first 6. Kinect has claimed the Guinness World Record of being the fastest selling consumer electronics device. While the Xbox 3. Play. Station 3 controllers can be used in wired and wireless configurations. Starting with handheld consoles, the seventh generation began on November 2. North American introduction of the Nintendo DS as a third pillar, alongside Nintendos existing Game Boy Advance and Game. Cube consoles. 5The Nintendo DS NDS features a touch screen and built in microphone, and supports wireless IEEE 8. Wi Fi standards. 6 Additionally, the revised version of the NDS, the Nintendo DSi, features two built in cameras, the ability to download games from the DSi store, and a web browser. The Play. Station Portable PSP released later the same year on December 1. It became the first handheld video game console to use an optical disc format, Universal Media Disc UMD, as its primary storage media. Sony also gave the PSP robust multi media capability,9 connectivity with the Play. Station 3, Play. Station 2 only on some games, other PSPs, as well as Internet connectivity. The Nintendo DS likewise had connectivity to the internet through the Nintendo Wi Fi Connection and Nintendo DS Browser, as well as wireless connectivity to other DS systems and Wii consoles. Despite high sales numbers for both consoles, Play. Station Portable sales have consistently lagged behind those of the Nintendo DS nevertheless, the Play. Station Portable has the distinction of being the best selling non Nintendo handheld gaming system. A crowdfunded console, the Ouya, received 8. Post launch sales were poor, and the device was a commercial failure. The business was wound down due to financial problems and sold to Razer Inc. Razer discontinued the Ouya in July 2. Additionally, microconsoles like Nvidia Shield Console, MOJO, Razer Switchblade, Game. Pop, Game. Stick, Ouya, and even more powerful PC based Steam Machine consoles are attempting to compete in the game console market but even though some of these are theoretically powerful on paper, they are however seldom referred to as seventh generation consoles. The first discontinued seventh generation console was the Wii, which Nintendo announced it would be discontinuing production of on October 2. Shortly afterwards, Sony announced in 2. Play. Station Portable worldwide, following Nintendos announcement earlier that year that it had discontinued its original line of the Nintendo DS family devices to move onto the Nintendo 3. DS line. Microsoft also announced in 2. Xbox 3. 60 at the end of April that year though still supported, and Sony announced a year later that it would soon discontinue its Play. Station 3 line in Japan. Home consolesedit. The Wii and the Wii Remote. The Wii controller uses motion sensing technology that enables the user to control game actions by moving the entire controller. For example, in the Wii sports game baseball, the user holds the controller and swings it at the video image of a ball. Nintendo entered this generation with a new approach embodied by its Wii. The company planned to attract current hardcore and casual gamers,1. This approach was previously implemented in the portable market with the Nintendo DS. Nintendo expressed hope that the new control schemes it had implemented would render conventionally controlled consoles obsolete, leading to Nintendo capturing a large portion of the existing market as well. This strategy paid off, with demand for the Wii outstripping supply throughout 2. Since Nintendo profited on each console right from the start unlike its competitors,2. A Tree Of Palme Watch Free Online on this page. With only a few exceptions, monthly worldwide sales for the Wii were higher than those of the Xbox 3. Play. Station 3,2. Microsofts early lead and widening the gap between its market share and Sonys. On September 1. 2, 2. British newspaper Financial Times that the Wiis sales surpassed those of the Xbox 3. As in previous generations, Nintendo provided strong support for its new console with popular first party franchises like Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, and Pokmon, among others. To appeal to casual and non gamers, Nintendo developed a group of core Wii games, consisting of Wii Sports, Wii Play, Wii Fit,3. Wii Music,3. 1 where players make use of the motion sensing abilities of the console and its peripherals to simulate real world activities. With the exception of Wii Music, the games and their sequels have all been highly successful. Publishers such as Ubisoft, Electronic Arts, Capcom, and Majesco Entertainment continued to release exclusive titles for the console, but the Wiis strongest titles remained within its first party line up. Analysts speculated that this would change in time as the Wiis growing popularity persuaded third party publishers to focus on it 2. Goichi Suda, developer of No More Heroes for the Wii, noted that only Nintendo titles are doing well. This isnt just because of the current situation in Japan, as this is happening outside Japan. I am very surprised about the reality about Wii, because before I was making this game, I wasnt expecting that Wii would be a console targeted only for non gamers. I expected more games for hardcore gamers. The reality is different to what I expected. Conversely, the PAL publisher of No More Heroes. Rising Star Games were greatly impressed with the games sales. Goichi Suda later retracted his comment, saying his point was that No More Heroes, unlike a lot of Nintendo Wii titles currently available is the kind of product that will attract a different kind of consumer to the hardware, i. In early 2. 00. 8, the NPD Group revealed sales data showing that, while the Wiis life to date attach rate was low, in December 2. Xbox 3. 60 and Play. Station 3 in that month. The Wiis low overall attach rate could be explained by reference to its rapidly increasing installed base, as financial analysts have pointed to the Xbox 3. On September 2. 3, 2. Nintendo announced its first price drops for the console. In the United States, the price was reduced by fifty dollars, resulting in a new Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price MSRP of 1. September 2. 7, 2. For Japan, the price dropped from 2. October 1, 2. 00. In Europe with the exception of the United Kingdom, the price of a Wii console dropped from 2.